World News People's Daily Online, All rights reserved! http://english.people.com.cn en-us Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:27:20 +0800 144 58 http://english.people.com.cn http://english.people.com.cn/images/en/top_logo_e.gif http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_389741.html Argentine President Nestor Kirchner has declined to stand for re-election and is instead backing his wife as candidate in the upcoming presidential election, Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernandez said Monday. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:17:27 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=389741&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_389741.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_389740.html The only submarine owned by Ukraine's navy will be put up for sale after a complete overhaul is finished, the Interfax-Ukraine News Agency reported on Monday. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:17:25 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=389740&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_389740.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_389739.html The Czech Republic has received no intelligence indicating that Prague might be a target for terrorist attacks, Czech Interior Minister Ivan Langer said Monday in response to an ABC report. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:17:23 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=389739&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_389739.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_389738.html Venezuela on Monday received the rotating presidency of the South American Conference on Migration during a meeting here. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:17:21 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=389738&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_389738.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_389737.html Brazil's Federal Police have carried out 357 major operations and arrested 6,225 people since President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office in 2003, local daily Folha reported on Monday. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:17:19 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=389737&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_389737.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_389736.html The Brazilian government will spend over 1 billion U.S. dollars to improve infrastructure and services in Rio de Janeiro's slums in a bid to free them from the grip of gangs, said President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Monday. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:17:17 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=389736&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_389736.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_389735.html Peru's National Police incinerated more than five tons of drugs on Monday in the Ate neighborhood in Lima. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:17:15 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=389735&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_389735.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_389728.html Guatemalan President Oscar Berger met on Monday with his visiting South Korean counterpart Roh Moo-hyun, who is here to promote South Korean city Pyeongchang's candidacy for the venue of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:31:41 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=389728&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_389728.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_389727.html The European Union on Monday called on Poland and France to stick to their commitments after media reports said Poland's prime minister had questioned the decision-making system while France wanted a two-year delay for budget deficits eradication. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:31:37 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=389727&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_389727.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_389726.html Nicaragua's National Police (PN) on Monday announced it has registered 91,900 people with guns since 2005. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:31:35 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=389726&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_389726.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html Australia has a bigger portion of Muslim youths at risk of turning to radical Islam than any other Western nation, with up to 3,000 in "ideological sleeper cells" in Sydney alone, a government-backed study said yesterday. 2007-7-3 10:08:08 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=1246576928&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html US Senator Barack Obama outraised Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton by $10 million in second-quarter contributions that can be spent on the Democratic presidential primary contest, aided by the contributions of 154,000 individual donors. 2007-7-3 10:08:00 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=1246576928&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html Rapid economic growth has lifted millions in Asia out of extreme poverty, but the continent has at the same time experienced a dramatic rise in income inequality, the United Nations said in a report yesterday. 2007-7-3 10:07:14 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=1246576928&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html Chadian President Idriss Deby's son Brahim, touted as a possible successor, was found dead near his home outside Paris yesterday and police launched a murder investigation, French police and court officials said. 2007-7-3 10:06:25 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=1246576928&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html Despite Russian President Vladimir Putin's cozy stay at the Bush family's century-old seaside retreat, it is unlikely the two leaders will find common ground on thorny issues such as the US missile shield in Eastern Europe or Kosovo's future, analysts say. 2007-7-3 10:06:19 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=1246576928&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html Hamas yesterday arrested the spokesman of a shadowy group holding BBC reporter Alan Johnston, a move that could give it a bargaining chip to secure the Briton's release. 2007-7-3 10:06:13 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=1246576928&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html Senior Iranian leaders know about the operations of Iran's Qods Force in fomenting violence in Iraq, the US military said yesterday, in some of the most direct accusations yet against Teheran over the chaos in Iraq. 2007-7-3 10:06:06 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=1246576928&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html British police arrested two more suspects in a hunt for members of a suspected Al-Qaida cell which rammed a fuel-packed jeep into a Scottish airport and left two car bombs in London, police said yesterday. 2007-7-3 10:05:56 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=1246576928&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html US President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin projected a united front yesterday against Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program. 2007-7-3 10:03:49 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=1246576928&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html